Chapter 182 Sir, the gentleman should not stand under the wall of danger, or else
Lin Ziran looked at the Guang'an troops outside the city. This was the first time he directly faced the main force of the Guang'an people.
Even strictly speaking, this was his first time facing the main force of another feudal town.
Haohao Tangtang has nearly 20,000 troops, and they have set up a large tent. Among them, there are more than 3,000 cavalry troops, and there are dozens of artillery pieces in the artillery unit, many of which are heavy and large-caliber artillery pieces.
Not to mention the strength of the troops, even the baggage troops they accompanied the army to transport baggage had hundreds of four-wheeled heavy-duty carriages.
Moreover, a steady stream of baggage troops and transport troops composed of young men and women will arrive one after another.
With so much supplies, I guess a lot of them are cannonballs.
Otherwise, there would be no need to use so many carriages for other ordinary supplies.
"These Guang'an people are coming with ferocious force." Luo Mazi's face was full of worry: "Sir, a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, or else..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Ziran glared at him.
Lin Ziran knew very well what this guy wanted to say next, and it was just about running away.
Lin Ziran did not say anything threatening, but gave a rare explanation: "Use your own pig brain to think about it. If we don't defend Nanguang City, Qingshan Town will not be there anymore, and the oil company will still have it."
No, it’s hundreds of thousands a month. Without this money, we can’t do anything!”
Hearing Lin Ziran's words, Luo Mazi still refused to give up: "Sir, there is no place in this world where we can go. As long as some of us have guns, we can go to other places to grab territory!"
These words gave Lin Ziran an inspiration.
This can be used as a retreat!
If Nanguang City cannot be defended in the end, and Qingshan Oil Company cannot be defended either, then he can run away with his army.
As long as you have soldiers and guns, you can go to other places to grab territory!
However, this can only be regarded as the worst plan, and he will not choose to run away unless it is absolutely necessary.
It was not easy for him to build such a foundation in Qingshan Town. How could it be so easy to build such a foundation elsewhere, especially Qingshan Oil Company, which was a cash cow, and he would keep it whenever he had the chance.
However, despite this plan, there is still a retreat that should be prepared.
He immediately looked around and saw that there was no one else around him. He immediately lowered his voice and said to Luo Mazi: "Go prepare and arrange the retreat route, and prepare as much cash as possible."
Hearing this, Luo Mazi's eyes brightened up!
How long!
How many times!
From being the boss to becoming an adult, Lin Ziran finally listened to his own plan!
At this moment, Luo Mazi lost control of his emotions, and his voice became hoarse: "Sir... I must be well prepared, little one."
Lin Ziran looked at Luo Mazi, a little confused by his reaction. Didn't I listen to your suggestion and prepare to retreat? You still look like I bullied you, who are you crying for?
Although he was puzzled, he still said: "The preparations must be secretive, and the arrangement of the retreat route and the preparation of cash must not be known to too many people, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Luo Mazi: "Xiao Di obeys your order!"
Luo Mazi quickly turned around and walked away, his steps becoming much more brisk as he walked.
He has been following Lin Ziran as a bandit for many years. From hiding in Tibet to now occupying Qingshan Town, he has always regarded himself as Lin Ziran's master. However, Lin Ziran rarely listens to his advice, even if it is the original
This is true for everyone, let alone Lin Ziran, who came from the earth.
Now, Lin Ziran followed his advice and began to prepare a retreat, and even gave him this important task.
He must do well so that he can be worthy of the respect that adults place on him.
The most important thing is that if he prepares a retreat in the rear, he doesn't have to go to the front line.
Once the two sides started fighting on the Nanguang defense line, dozens or even hundreds of artillery pieces would hit each other, and quite a few of them were heavy artillery pieces.
Under such heavy artillery, even smoothbore artillery and black powder shells are extremely powerful.
There is almost no possibility of resistance for an individual in a battle of this scale.
Whether you live or die, it depends purely on whether God will give you face!
God may give you face, but you may not give him face.
It is better to go to the rear early to arrange for a safe retreat.
This kind of fighting is not suitable for him, Lao Luo.
Luo Mazi walked briskly and whistled to arrange an escape route, but naturally there were only a few people who knew what he was going to do, and no one else became suspicious.
At this time, Wu Guanlin walked up to Lin Ziran: "Sir, look at this posture, at least half of the main force of the Guang'an Second Army has arrived!"
Lin Ziran nodded slightly: "It is said that Li Kun is one of the three Qing families in Guang'an, and his Second Army is the main force responsible for the southern defense line. At its peak, the number of troops exceeded 30,000. Even if he was attacked in the Battle of Chongguang City,
There were a lot of losses, but judging from the news from the Third Division, the Second Army has at least 20,000 troops."
Wu Guanlin said: "Yes, the current total strength of the Guang'an Second Army is estimated to be only about 25,000. Now we have almost 20,000 troops outside Nanguang City. It is estimated that except for some troops stationed in Chongguang City,
As well as a small number of cavalry left behind to guard the logistics line, the rest of the troops have arrived outside our Nanguang City."
Lin Ziran said: "It doesn't matter how many infantry and cavalry there are. What matters is the opponent's artillery unit. I see they have a lot of artillery, at least more than sixty!"
After Lin Ziran said this, he waved and said to Kong De, the commander of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment who was observing the enemy with a telescope nearby: "Brother Kong!"
When Comte heard this, he quickly took a few steps over and said, "Sir!"
Lin Ziran said: "There are a lot of enemy artillery this time. Is there any pressure on us?"
Comte said: "There must be pressure, but don't worry, sir. We are still confident that we can suppress their artillery. Although they have a lot of artillery, most of them are field artillery, but there are not many heavy artillery. This is our advantage.
Where.”
With that said, Kong Deyi pointed to the blurry Guang'an Camp a few kilometers away and said: "Sir, you see, their artillery force has two parts. The larger one at the front should be their Second Artillery Brigade if it has not been renamed.
, a total of almost forty field guns."
"But these artillery pieces are all five-pound or nine-pound field artillery!"
"Artillery of this caliber has an effective range, but the long-distance bombardment is not powerful enough. Our heavy artillery force is enough to effectively suppress them, and it is unlikely to pose a great threat to us."
"When our Third Division first started to attack Chongguang City, it not only had the division's artillery regiment, but also two independent 18-pound howitzer battalions as additional reinforcements. There were more than 80 light and heavy field artillery pieces attacking Chongguang City.
They attacked the city, but still failed to achieve a very good artillery effect, and even their fortress heavy artillery destroyed many of our artillery positions, resulting in heavy casualties to the artillery troops."
"This situation will not be improved until the artillery regiment of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment arrives!"
"So our real opponent is not those small and medium-caliber artillery, but their more than ten heavy artillery!"
At this time, Kong Deyi pointed to the Guang'an artillery unit on the other side and said: "The real threat to us is their sixteen heavy artillery!"